Raspberry Pi User Guide by Gareth Halfacree and Eben Upton

The Raspberry Pi User Guide: 2nd Edition contains everything the reader needs to know to get up and running on the Raspberry Pi. Written by Gareth Halfacree and Eben Upton, the co-creator of Raspberry Pi, the book shows how to:
Connect the Raspberry Pi to other devices -- keyboard, mouse, monitor
Install the necessary software
Learn basic Linux System Admin in order to understand files systems etc.
Configure the Raspberry Pi
Set-up the Raspberry Pi as a simple Productivity computer
Set-up Raspberry Pi as a web server
Write basic programs in Scratch and Python
Create simple hardware projects
Set up the Raspberry Pi to drive a multimedia center
Raspberry Pi User Guide is an ideal companion when starting out using the Raspberry Pi board.
The Raspberry Pi® is a single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of stimulating the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The design is based on a Broadcom BCM2835 system on a chip (SoC), which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor, VideoCore IV GPU, and 256 megabytes of RAM. The design does not include a built-in hard disk or solid-state drive, instead relying on an SD card for booting and long-term storage - Wikipedia.
Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Have you tried the new "Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro" ? It's our tweaked distribution for teaching electronics using the Raspberry Pi.
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